Waymo builds custom chip for robotaxi fleet
Alphabet‑owned Waymo revealed it has designed a custom computer chip that crunches raw data from cameras, lidar and radar to enable millisecond decision‑making in its driverless cars.
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Alphabet‑owned Waymo revealed it has designed a custom computer chip that crunches raw data from cameras, lidar and radar to enable millisecond decision‑making in its driverless cars.
AWS expands its London region with a fourth availability zone, boosting local AI and machine‑learning capacity and resilience.
The U.S. government warns that hackers are using AI to craft exploit scripts that target Siemens PLCs in critical water infrastructure.
Starcloud, a satellite startup building AI‑in‑orbit compute platforms, added a $250 million extension to its Series A, valuing it at $2.3 billion and positioning it to launch on SpaceX’s Starship.
NVIDIA expands GeForce NOW support to Firefox on Windows, enabling users to stream over 2,000 PC games without downloads or upgrades.
Google deepens its bet on custom AI silicon with a $12.2 B stake in Marvell, aiming to compete with Nvidia and Broadcom for AI infrastructure.
Binance launched Agent OS, a platform that lets AI agents analyze markets and execute trades on users’ behalf, while placing responsibility for oversight on the users themselves.
Cerebras unveiled the CS‑4 rack‑scale AI system that connects wafer‑scale processors without network switches, reducing latency and infrastructure costs.
Velaura AI Inc. secured $110 million in a Series A round to build low‑power AI processors, shifting focus from crypto accelerators to AI chip building blocks.
Alibaba Cloud launched a new datacentre in South Korea, expanding its global network to 104 availability zones and adding AI‑centric services to the region.
Super Micro, Vast Data, Kioxia and others are partnering to build purpose‑built AI infrastructure, aiming to meet the high‑performance demands of agentic AI workloads.
Bill Gates‑founded TerraPower plans to use its molten‑salt reactor to supply steady, low‑cost power for future AI data centers.
Groq, once an AI‑chipmaker, secured $350 million to transition into a neocloud provider of GPU and AI infrastructure services.
Interfold launched its second FOLD token auction and the mainnet deployment of Network Alpha, enabling confidential on‑chain coordination and governance.
Nvidia announced a pact with Wall Street firms to pursue $500 billion in GPU financing and will back an OpenAI data center in Ohio with up to $105 billion, signaling a new focus on capital as an AI moat.
AI startup Cursor, now part of SpaceX, unveiled Origin, a new code‑hosting platform designed to compete with GitHub amid widespread outages and performance issues.
Reuters analysis notes that investors are shifting focus to AI infrastructure and neocloud providers, with big tech firms like Microsoft, Amazon, Meta and Nvidia leading the way.
Swedish autonomous trucking firm Einride will acquire 500 Tesla Semi trucks, expanding its electric fleet and boosting its Saga AI platform.
OpenZeppelin’s security standard is now live on Canton, providing a Daml contracts library and reference implementations for token issuance and privacy DEX.
Uber partners with Zipline to deploy drone deliveries, aiming for one million daily drops by 2029 and expanding into dozens of U.S. cities.